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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Increment and Decrement

Joshua Morillo
Joshua Morillo
2,562 Points
Posted by Joshua Morillo
Joshua Morillo
2,562 Points

Increment and decrement task 3 of 3. Could someone please give me the answer to this please?

I've been stuck on this one for a while now and something tells me it's a simple mistake. When change mbarsCount to -- it says task 1 is not passing. On that same vein, could an option to see the answer code be added if you get it wrong 10 times? I know you guys don't want us cheating but we are paying for this. We shouldn't have to resort to the forums every time we're stuck.

GoKart.java 
class GoKart {
  public static final int MAX_BARS = 8;
  private String color;
  private int barCount;

  private int lapsDriven; 
  public void drive() 

{
    lapsDriven++;
 }

  public void drive() 
    {
    drive(1);
   }

  public void drive()
  {

    mbarCount =- 1;
  }



  public GoKart(String color) {
    this.color = color;
  }

  public String getColor() {
    return color;
  }

  public void charge() {
    barCount = MAX_BARS;
  }

  public boolean isBatteryEmpty() {
    return barCount == 0;
  }

  public boolean isFullyCharged() {
    return MAX_BARS == barCount;
  }
}

1 Answer

Roman Mayer
Roman Mayer
10,925 Points
Roman Mayer
Roman Mayer
10,925 Points

you have two drive() methods. That cannot work! Put both statements in the same method.

public void drive()  {
    lapsDriven++;
    mbarCount--;
 }

and make sure that both fields are defined.